Land Surveyor - Civil Infrastructure Projects

Land Surveyor
- Civil Infrastructure Projects Job Snapshot
- Role:
Land Surveyor

- Location:

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Function:
Surveying

- Experience:

Not specified
- Job Type: Full Time
- Work Arrangement:
On-site

AECOM is seeking a Land Surveyor to support surveying and construction supervision activities on a large-scale infrastructure development in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The role involves carrying out and independently verifying surveying activities to ensure construction works comply with approved drawings, coordinates, alignments, levels, and project specifications. The successful candidate will establish and verify survey control points, check contractor setting-out activities, monitor construction levels and alignments, and maintain accurate survey records throughout project execution.

Working alongside Resident Engineers, Assistant Resident Engineers, discipline engineers, inspectors, contractors, and other surveying teams, the Land Surveyor will support roads, utilities, pipelines, structures, landscaping, and associated infrastructure works. The position also includes verifying as-built surveys, supporting authority inspections, and assisting with final surveying and project handover activities.

• Country:
  United Arab Emirates
• City:
  Abu Dhabi
• Industry: Civil Engineering
• Function:
  Surveying
• Salary:
  Not disclosed
• Gender: No Preference
• Candidate Nationality:
  Not specified
• Job Type: Full Time
• Work Arrangement:
  On-site

• Establish, verify, and maintain project survey control points, benchmarks, coordinates, and reference levels.
• Review approved Issued for Construction (IFC) drawings and shop drawings before surveying and setting-out activities.
• Verify setting-out information against approved engineering documentation.
• Check horizontal and vertical alignments, coordinates, gradients, slopes, and offsets.
• Confirm that surveying reference information is accurate and consistent with project requirements.
• Identify discrepancies between approved drawings, site conditions, and contractor setting-out information.
• Report surveying discrepancies to the relevant engineering and construction supervision personnel.

• Perform and verify setting-out activities for roads, utilities, pipelines, manholes, chambers, and associated infrastructure.
• Check surveying information for structures, kerbs, street lighting, and landscaping works.
• Verify excavation levels, formation levels, and finished construction levels.
• Inspect road layer levels and finished road elevations against approved requirements.
• Check pipe invert levels, utility installation coordinates, and relevant alignment information.
• Verify gradients, slopes, and offsets associated with infrastructure construction.
• Support surveying activities across different stages of civil infrastructure development.

• Conduct independent survey checks of contractor setting-out activities.
• Verify completed construction works against approved drawings and project coordinates.
• Review contractor surveying information for accuracy and consistency.
• Identify differences between actual site measurements and approved design requirements.
• Coordinate with contractors to clarify surveying observations and discrepancies.
• Provide relevant survey findings to Resident Engineers, Assistant Resident Engineers, and discipline engineers.
• Support construction supervision teams in verifying the accuracy of completed works.

• Conduct surveys of existing utilities and infrastructure interfaces.
• Verify tie-in locations and relevant connection points.
• Identify surveying constraints associated with existing site conditions.
• Check coordinates, alignments, and levels where new construction interfaces with existing infrastructure.
• Communicate surveying findings that may affect construction coordination.
• Support engineering teams in reviewing site conditions against approved design information.

• Maintain accurate field books, survey records, coordinate schedules, and level records.
• Prepare and organize surveying documentation associated with construction inspections.
• Record relevant measurements and verification results.
• Maintain supporting documentation for survey control points and benchmarks.
• Ensure surveying records are available for engineering reviews and project quality assessments.
• Support accurate recordkeeping…